TRNS010-25SU1 (D) Summer Jan 2025 start (Distance)

Digital Data: An exploration of the use and pervasiveness of data in a digitised society

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 January 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 February 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 12 January 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 26 January 2025

Description

In this course, students will learn what data is and how it is used. It covers what it means for information to be stored, transferred, interpreted and processed by machines. It considers data critically as it makes preliminary exploration of how data is collected through devices and applications, to inform business decisions, government priorities, and scientific discoveries. Students learn to use and analyse data and to report and present their findings.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Manager

Course Coordinator

Samuel Grant

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Lab Work 10% Weeks 1 + 2
Quiz 1 20% Week 3
Group Presentation: Data Collection & Ethics 25% Week 4
Quiz 2 45% Week 5

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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